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or saline abdul karim south africa's leading infectious diseases a specialist and has take a look at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic british authorities say it is likely that people will need booster shots of a covered $1000.00 vaccine and then subsequent annual vaccinations are just like flu shots south korea has launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after it 1st reported covered 90.
or saline abdul karim south africa's leading infectious diseases a specialist and has take a look at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic british authorities say it is likely that people will need booster shots of a covered $1000.00 vaccine and then subsequent annual vaccinations are just like flu shots south korea has launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after it 1st reported covered 90.
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let's get more we are joined by professor salim of dual karim he is south africa's leading infectious disease specialist and one of the chief medical advisor is to the south african government thank you so much for your time this afternoon sir why is suspend the astra zeneca vaccine rollout is it limited protection better than 0 protection. so when we developed our overall vaccine strategy we always wanted to have a diversity of candidates and so as a senator was one of the candidates we selected based on the evidence that was available that showed it was effective against both mild and severe disease including hospitalization however the study that was just published that was just released yesterday showed that the if you can see again smile disease is quite low and that's supported by look moderates the evidence is well now we are uncertain about where the past is and to go back see and also prevents the disease and hospitalization against the 5 a one wife be to be happy and that is prevalent in south africa and so in that kind of uncertainty we thought it prudent to put a delay on
let's get more we are joined by professor salim of dual karim he is south africa's leading infectious disease specialist and one of the chief medical advisor is to the south african government thank you so much for your time this afternoon sir why is suspend the astra zeneca vaccine rollout is it limited protection better than 0 protection. so when we developed our overall vaccine strategy we always wanted to have a diversity of candidates and so as a senator was one of the candidates we...
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pfizer or i think those will have to be assessed as part of the rollout and that was salim updo karim south africa's leading infectious disease specialist speaking with me a little bit earlier let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic british authorities say it's likely that people when they to receive a booster of the coven 1000 vaccine and that subsequent annual vaccinations like with the flu shots the u.k. like many countries is very soon to inoculate its population in the face of new variants authorities in south korea's capital seoul have launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after the country reported its 1st covert 1000 case in a kit 10 tests will be limited to pets showing symptoms of the virus who have been exposed to someone who tested positive and in the u.s. it has passed 27000000 cases of the coronavirus the highest number in the world that as president joe biden warns it will be difficult to vaccinate 75 percent of the population and achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer. now in other news it has been almost a year since the penn demick caused sch
pfizer or i think those will have to be assessed as part of the rollout and that was salim updo karim south africa's leading infectious disease specialist speaking with me a little bit earlier let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic british authorities say it's likely that people when they to receive a booster of the coven 1000 vaccine and that subsequent annual vaccinations like with the flu shots the u.k. like many countries is very soon to inoculate its population in the...
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or saline abdul karim south africa's leading infectious diseases specialist now let's take a look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic british authorities say it is likely that people will need booster shots of the covered 1000 vaccine and then subsequent annual vaccinations and just like flu shots south korea has launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after it 1st reported covered 19 after its 1st covered 19 case in a kit and a test will be limited to pet showing symptoms that have been exposed to someone who's tested positive in the united states has passed 27000000 cases the highest in the world president biden has warned that it will be difficult to vaccinate 3 quarters of the population and to achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer of the united nations is warning people in the war torn ethiopian region of teague right are facing a desperate fight for survival much of the health services collapse with medicines looted aid agencies say that out of 40 hospitals only 11 a fully functioning if you declare victory over rebels in the region 2 months
or saline abdul karim south africa's leading infectious diseases specialist now let's take a look at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic british authorities say it is likely that people will need booster shots of the covered 1000 vaccine and then subsequent annual vaccinations and just like flu shots south korea has launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after it 1st reported covered 19 after its 1st covered 19 case in a kit and a test will be limited to pet showing...
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of get more we are joined by professor salim of dual karim he is south africa's leading infectious disease specialist and one of the chief medical advisor is to the south african government thank you so much for your time this afternoon sir why is suspend the astra zeneca vaccine rollout is it limited protection better than 0 protection. good afternoon so when we developed our overall axion strategy we always wanted to have a diversity of candidate since so as a senator was one of the candidates we selected based on the evidence that was available that showed it was effective against both mild and severe disease including hospitalization however the study that was just published that was just released yesterday it showed that some of the if you can see again smile a disease that is quite low and that's supported by look moderates the evidence is well now we are uncertain about where the master's and it go vaccine also prevents the disease and hospitalization against the 5 a one y. d. to vandy and that is prevalent in south africa and so in that kind of uncertainty we thought it prudent to
of get more we are joined by professor salim of dual karim he is south africa's leading infectious disease specialist and one of the chief medical advisor is to the south african government thank you so much for your time this afternoon sir why is suspend the astra zeneca vaccine rollout is it limited protection better than 0 protection. good afternoon so when we developed our overall axion strategy we always wanted to have a diversity of candidate since so as a senator was one of the...
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south africa's 1st 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses has arrived in johannesburg the country is battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by a more contagious there inthe us identified salim abdul karim is co-chair of south africa's minister ariel advisory committee ok the 19 explain south africa's approach to acquiring and distributing vaccine. the south african vaccine plan they are 3 levels of priority and at this stage the 1st 1000000 doses are going to level one priority and those are health care work the way in which the vaccines will be transported is from the airport the batches go to the party for quality assurance and that they go to the start you know vaccine facility caught by the river in cape town and by of act normally distributes childhood vaccines so they have huge storage facilities there and they have a distribution network from there it goes to egypt clinics and hospitals there just over. its mark $2.00 to $300.00 vaccine sites that have been identified and that and this app system that each health care worker has to complete that gives them an appointment to go to one of the sites to get a vaccine but i think because of the political pressure the government decid
south africa's 1st 1000000 coronavirus vaccine doses has arrived in johannesburg the country is battling a 2nd wave of infections driven by a more contagious there inthe us identified salim abdul karim is co-chair of south africa's minister ariel advisory committee ok the 19 explain south africa's approach to acquiring and distributing vaccine. the south african vaccine plan they are 3 levels of priority and at this stage the 1st 1000000 doses are going to level one priority and those are...
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effective against that more contagious strain of the virus that was fast identified in south africa for liam abdul karim as an epidemiologist and also the cochairman of south africa's ministerial advisory committee on private 19 he explained why the johnson and johnson single shot vaccine could be the most terrible choice for south africa so it's very important that we have to select vaccines on the basis that 2 we have some evidence that they would be or likely to be effective against the 5 all one why the 2 variant of a fire one why b. to vary and has changes certain nutation that enable it to escape normal immunity so for example individuals who been previously infected by it in the 1st wave by variants that were present at the time may no longer be protected against the fatal one why the 2 because of its ability to escape immune responses so it is quite important in this particular instance that the johnson and johnson vaccine had actually been tested in south african conditions and so we know that it is effective against the 51 y. v 2 barry and and that it's if you can see for more of the diseases
effective against that more contagious strain of the virus that was fast identified in south africa for liam abdul karim as an epidemiologist and also the cochairman of south africa's ministerial advisory committee on private 19 he explained why the johnson and johnson single shot vaccine could be the most terrible choice for south africa so it's very important that we have to select vaccines on the basis that 2 we have some evidence that they would be or likely to be effective against the 5...
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karim is the co-chair of south africa's ministerial advisory committee on covert morning to you here and joins me from durban good to have you with us live on al-jazeera i mean having a drug that is globally approved for use by the w.h.o. now needs to undergo south african quality checks before distribution and use could you explain 12 years now especially those in south africa that are watching why. so that applies to every jar re the seed in south africa so in the way in which the system works is that any joke that is imported asked to receive regulate. and then on arrival in our country it has to be checked that what was said to be delivered is the drug that has been delivered and those quality checks are also to ensure that there wasn't any damage or loss of cold chain in the process of transport and then once we're confident that the driver is still active in is in the couldn't concentrate then it is distribute and that takes 2 weeks. actually it takes just over we but i think it's also part of all the logistics that have to be done in order to ensure that probably because it's
karim is the co-chair of south africa's ministerial advisory committee on covert morning to you here and joins me from durban good to have you with us live on al-jazeera i mean having a drug that is globally approved for use by the w.h.o. now needs to undergo south african quality checks before distribution and use could you explain 12 years now especially those in south africa that are watching why. so that applies to every jar re the seed in south africa so in the way in which the system...
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south africa. earlier we asked the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the astra zeneca vaccine rollout this is what professor abdul karim had to say i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that's because in a slightly different position because the 5 to one wife. which is the variant that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so situation is different how decisions should not really apply to other senses in other countries unless they also have a dominance of the same period so our decision is very insulated it's not related to the specifics of the vaccine and for more on the developments in south africa i'm joined by correspondent address to see you address and this news came as a big blow especially after all the excitement that came with the arrival of the vaccine as we saw in your report what is the mood in the country. well many people here christine angry they see it as another failure of the government remember there was this huge corruption scandal of the beginning of the pandemic when it came to procurement of protective equipment ano
south africa. earlier we asked the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the astra zeneca vaccine rollout this is what professor abdul karim had to say i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that's because in a slightly different position because the 5 to one wife. which is the variant that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so situation is different how...
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us through the decision making process and the plans going forward south africa's leading infectious disease specialist of dual karim we appreciate it thank you. for. let's take a look at some other developments in the coronavirus and demick world health organization experts are meeting in geneva to discuss the astra zeneca vaccine following its suspension in south africa the shot is a major part of global vaccine rollout plans as we've just heard authorities in south korea's capital seoul have launched a testing program for pet cats and dogs after the country reported its 1st covert 1910 tests will be limited to pets showing symptoms of the virus who have been exposed to someone who tested positive and the u.s. has passed 27000000 cases of the coronavirus the highest number in the world this as president joe biden warns it will be difficult to vaccinate 75 percent of the population and achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer. at least $800.00 people have died and more than $150.00 are missing in the northern india area after part of a himalayan glaciers broke off on the scene a torrent of water and crashed i
us through the decision making process and the plans going forward south africa's leading infectious disease specialist of dual karim we appreciate it thank you. for. let's take a look at some other developments in the coronavirus and demick world health organization experts are meeting in geneva to discuss the astra zeneca vaccine following its suspension in south africa the shot is a major part of global vaccine rollout plans as we've just heard authorities in south korea's capital seoul have...
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south africa is off for the moment. so what do we know about the south african variant, and how is the situation looking in south africa itself? let's speak to professor salim abdool karimican ministerial advisory committee on covid—19. professor, thank you for talking to us. what is the situation in your country with this variance now? fiur country with this variance now? our situation now _ country with this variance now? oi" situation now is we country with this variance now? <1>ij' situation now is we are at the tail and of our second wave, what we had seen is the emergence of this variance that we noticed late in november, we estimated it had grown quite rapidly and by now constitute about 80 to 90% of cases and the virus, and the net effect has been that our second wave grew very rapidly. we had increased infectiousness, increase transmissibility, increased during tra nsmissibility, increased during the transmissibility, increased during the second wave was substantially higher, it puts a lot more pressure on the health care system because admissions rates were quite high. we are now over that part, yesterday the president was talking about easing of restrictions b
south africa is off for the moment. so what do we know about the south african variant, and how is the situation looking in south africa itself? let's speak to professor salim abdool karimican ministerial advisory committee on covid—19. professor, thank you for talking to us. what is the situation in your country with this variance now? fiur country with this variance now? our situation now _ country with this variance now? oi" situation now is we country with this variance now? ij'...
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south africa. and the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the estrogenic of vaccine rollout this is what professor abdul karim had to say i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that's because in a slightly different position because the $5.00 to $1.00 wife 2 variant which is the variant that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so i was situation is different how decisions should not really apply to other centers in other countries and those today also have a dominance of the same period so our decision is very insulated it's not related to the specifics of the vaccine and for more on the developments in south africa i'm joined by data correspondent address to see you address and this news came as a big blow especially after all the excitement that came with the arrival of the vaccine as we saw in your report what is the mood in the country. well many people here christine angry they see it as another failure of the government remember there was this huge corruption scandal of the beginning of the pandemic when it came to procurem
south africa. and the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the estrogenic of vaccine rollout this is what professor abdul karim had to say i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that's because in a slightly different position because the $5.00 to $1.00 wife 2 variant which is the variant that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so i was situation is...
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as a result, south africa has put its plans to use the oxford astrazeneca jab on hold. joining me now is professor salim abdool karimca 'ab? good morning, victoria _ oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and - oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and to - oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and to all. oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and to all of| oxford—astrazeneca jab? (13mg. morning, victoria and to all of the viewers. so, when we initially assessed the vaccines and we decided that we will take an approach of having a diversity of candidates which included the astrazeneca vaccine, our early assessment showed that the vaccine was effective against both mild and severe disease, including hospitalisation. however, a recent study that was just out shows that in a small population of around 2,000 where there were no cases of severe disease, that the vaccine was less effective against miles disease, particularly in the context of south africa, where we have the variant. looking at that situation, we felt there was uncertainty as to whether there was uncertainty as to whethe
as a result, south africa has put its plans to use the oxford astrazeneca jab on hold. joining me now is professor salim abdool karimca 'ab? good morning, victoria _ oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and - oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and to - oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and to all. oxford-astrazeneca jab? good morning, victoria and to all of| oxford—astrazeneca jab? (13mg. morning, victoria and to all of the viewers. so, when we initially...
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south africa. the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the astra zeneca vaccine rollout this is what professor soliman abdul karim had to say. i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that's because i'm a slightly different position because the 5 to one wife. which is the very end that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so our situation is different how decisions should not really apply to other centers and other countries and those today also have a dominance of the same period so our decision is very insulated it's not related to the specifics of the best and for more on the developments in south africa i'm joined by correspondent andrea krishna to see you address and this news came as a big blow especially after all the excitement that came with the arrival of the vaccine as we saw in your report what is the mood in the country. well many people here christine angry they see it as another failure of the government remember there was this huge corruption scandal of the beginning of the pandemic when it came to procurement of protect
south africa. the south african governments chief pandemic at pfizer if other countries should follow suit and halt the astra zeneca vaccine rollout this is what professor soliman abdul karim had to say. i think each country will have to meet its own decision right now so that's because i'm a slightly different position because the 5 to one wife. which is the very end that is able to escape immunity constitutes about 80 to 90 percent of our circulating biota so our situation is different how...